Books and Movies

Are you a person who usually like the movie or the book better? I think I go back and forth. This weekend, I hung out with my friend Heather and we talked pretty extensively about this. She LOVES the Twilight series and she was sharing a lot about it with me. (To read or not to read it... that is the question...)

Anyway, I usually think that movies just cannot capture enough of what was in a book to do it justice. However. Last night I finally watched "The Time Traveller's Wife" and I was really, really nervous about it. Why?? Because when I read that book I was practically inconsolable at the end I was crying so hard! I just wasn't sure if I could put myself through that again!

Well thankfully... I felt like the movie flew by! There is just too much to cover in the book to convey their relationship that you can't catch on screen. I appreciated how real it was. That it did NOT convey that they were perfect. I think personally I wish there had been more emphasis on how they feel about being a part. Like when he disappears for two weeks, you see him run a couple of times and her opening Christmas presents by herself but that's it. She's mad, he missed her, the end. I mean seriously??? Anyway. I'm a little thankful it didn't go in depth though because when the ending came, it was terribly sad, but it didn't tear me into pieces like the book I did. I cried and needed to hug my husband when it was over, but I was OK. Not like during "Little Women" when Beth is dying and Jo cannot even function without her sweet Beth and "she's not afraid." Or even in Harry Potter when Dumbledore dies (oops, spoiler alert ;) ) and everyone raises their wands to bring light into the darkness around the castle. It was sad, but it didn't leave me moved.

So thanks filmmakers of "The Time Traveller's Wife" for not ripping my heart out the way that Audrey's book did. For once I am glad a movie didn't do the book justice =)

On another note, a book that you should read if you liked "TTTWife" is James Patterson's "Sundays at Tiffanys." I wasn't really sure what to expect but it was AMAZING. My heart was pounding by the time it was over. There were a few times I thought he was going to Nicholas Sparks on me and kill off the people you've just learned to love, but... yeah just read it =) Its totally worth it ;)
Now THAT would be an interesting movie... that they hopefully wouldn't screw up.